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Jack Kelly Gunpowder (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Gunpowder
- Title
- Gunpowder
- Subtitle
- Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive
- ISBN-10
- 0465037224
- EAN
- 9780465037223
- ISBN
- 9780465037223
- Release Year
- 2005
- Release Date
- 27/04/2005
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 141mm
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military History
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: the History of the Explosive That Changed the World
- Item Height
- 215mm
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Item Width
- 141mm
- Subject
- Engineering & Technology, History
- Item Weight
- 316g
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombsneither of which had been thought of yettheir simple mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal went on to make the modern world possible. As word of its explosive properties spread from Asia to Europe, from pyrotechnics to battleships, it paved the way for Western exploration, hastened the end of feudalism and the rise of the nation state, and greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution. With dramatic immediacy, novelist and journalist Jack Kelly conveys both the distant time in which the devils distillate rose to conquer the world, and brings to rousing life the eclectic cast of characters who played a role in its epic story, including Michelangelo, Edward III, Vasco da Gama, Corts, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, and E. I. DuPont. A must-read for history fans and military buffs alike, Gunpowder brings together a rich terrain of cultures and technological innovations with authoritative research and swashbuckling style.
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Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465037223
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Publication Name
Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: the History of the Explosive That Changed the World
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
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Item Height
215mm
Item Width
141mm
Item Weight
316g
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United States
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